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DBMS > DolphinDB vs. mSQL vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. mSQL vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.72
Rank#100  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
#5  Vector DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlquestdb.iowww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncHughes TechnologiesQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2018199420142017
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20224.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsnoRole-based access control
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